National Guard mobilizes in DC for Trump’s police takeover and crime crackdown

Published August 12, 2025 6:11pm ET



Members of the District of Columbia’s National Guard started mobilizing around Washington one day after President Donald Trump announced his takeover of D.C.’s law enforcement to crack down on crime in the district.

White House sources confirmed to the Washington Examiner that the 800-odd guardsmen activated to support the D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department would be deployed Tuesday for at least 30 days as part of Trump’s invocation of the Home Rule Act.

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